Capturing residents’ values for urban green space: Mapping, analysis and guidance for practice

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 161, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-43

  Ives, Christopher D ^a,b   Oke, Cathy ^a,c   Hehir, Ailish ^a   Gordon, Ascelin ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Bekessy, Sarah A ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Green space; Landscape values; PPGIS; Urban parks; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; URBAN PLANNING;

GREEN SPACES; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; LANDSCAPE VALUES; PPGIS; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES; URBAN PARKS; VALUE ELICITATION TECHNIQUES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GIS; GREENSPACE; GUIDELINE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LOCAL PLANNING; PARK DESIGN; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SUBURBAN AREA; TYPOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 85010902674     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.12.010     Document Type: Article

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